the District of Lampong, S.E. Swnatra. 307 



Pycnonotns brunneus, Blyth, t. c. p. 568;, ? , " Malacca." 



Brachtjpus modestus, A. Hay ; Blyth, t. c. p. 568, ? , " Ma- 

 lacca/^ 



The single example in Mr. Buxton's collection is passing 

 from the brown plumage of the immature B. brunneus to the 

 greener plumage of the adult. Count Salvadori {t. c. p. 199) 

 states that the brown birds are females and young males, 

 while the adult males are distinguished by the green colour- 

 ing of the wings and tail. In a large series of the species, 

 with sexes ascertained by dissection, and collected at Ma- 

 lacca by Mr. W. Ramsay, I find females fully as green in 

 plumage as males. An example collected by Mr. Maingay 

 at Malacca, with green wings and tail, is marked by that 

 collector as being a female ; and he was a most competent 

 authority. A large series from Java consists of examples 

 undistinguishable from Malaccan. Labuan individuals also 

 belong to the same species. 



Pycnonotus pusillus, Salvadori (/. c. p. 200) seems to be 

 the bird described by Moore under the title of Microtarsus 

 olivaceus (Cat. E.I. C. Mus, i. p. 249), ex Malacca, where 

 it is not uncommon. I have compared Bornean examples 

 and can detect no diff'erence. 



82. Brachypodius melanocephalus. 



Lanius melanocephalus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 309. no. 51 (1788). 



Turdus melanocephalus, Raffles, t. c. p. 310, "Sumatra'' 

 (1820). 



Brachypodius immaculatus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 39, "Sibu, 

 Borneo." 



Identical with Malaccan and Bornean individuals ; all the 

 rectrices with a dark transverse band. B. immaculatus, 

 Sharpe, cannot be separated. 



83. loLE OLIVACEA. 



lole olivacea, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1844, p. 386, "Malacca." 

 A single Sumatran example of a bird was obtained by Mr. 



Buxton, which agrees well with the Malaccan form I refer to 



lole olivacea, Blyth. 



